Man Faces Porn Charge

DIGEST

July 25, 1997|Staff reports

FORT LAUDERDALE — A man who detectives say advertised in pornographic magazines for men who liked to masturbate and talk about sex with children has been charged with possession of child pornography, police said on Thursday.

Thomas T. Parrella, 42, is accused of meeting at his apartment with an undercover officer in the 800 block of Northeast 14th Avenue on Wednesday. There, the detective says, Parrella showed him pictures and videotapes of children involved in sex acts.

Police say Parrella, who is in the Broward County Jail, advertised his telephone number in a personal ad in a pornographic magazine.